petrol scooters

[visual_infinity]

Can we ride petrol scooters like the ones you sit on, or the ones you stand on, on cycle paths??

 

[bigfloppyllama]

Originally posted by visual_infinity
Can we ride petrol scooters like the ones you sit on, or the ones you stand on, on cycle paths??

At least in California they are supposed to be ridden in the bike lanes if one exists. I'd just call up a local law office and find out for sure.


406. (a) A "motorized bicycle" or "moped" is any two-wheeled or
three-wheeled device having fully operative pedals for propulsion by
human power, or having no pedals if powered solely by electrical
energy, and an automatic transmission and a motor which produces less
than 2 gross brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the
device at a maximum speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on level
ground.
(b) A "motorized bicycle" is also a device that has fully
operative pedals for propulsion by human power and has an electric
motor that meets all of the following requirements:
(1) Has a power output of not more than 1,000 watts.
(2) Is incapable of propelling the device at a speed of more than
20 miles per hour on ground level.
(3) Is incapable of further increasing the speed of the device
when human power is used to propel the motorized bicycle faster than
20 miles per hour.


21228. (a) Any person operating a motorized scooter upon a highway
at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same
direction at that time shall ride as close as practicable to the
right-hand curb or right edge of the roadway, except under the
following situations:
(1) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the
same direction.
(2) When preparing for a left turn, the operator shall stop and
dismount as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or right edge
of the roadway and complete the turn by crossing the roadway on
foot, subject to the restrictions placed on pedestrians in Chapter 5
(commencing with Section 21950).
(3) (A) When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions, including,
but not limited to, fixed or moving objects, vehicles, bicycles,
pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or substandard width lanes,
which make it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or right
edge of the roadway, subject to Section 21656.
(B) For the purposes of subparagraph (A), a "substandard width
lane" is a lane that is too narrow for a motorized scooter and
another vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.
(4) Any person operating a motorized scooter upon a highway that
carries traffic in one direction only and has two or more marked
traffic lanes may operate the motorized scooter as near the left-hand
curb or left edge of that roadway as practicable.
However, when preparing for a right turn, the operator shall stop
and dismount as close as practicable to the left-hand curb or left
edge of the highway and complete the turn by crossing the roadway on
foot, subject to the restrictions placed on pedestrians in Chapter 5
(commencing with Section 21950).


21229. (a) Whenever a class II bicycle lane has been established on
a roadway, any person operating a motorized scooter upon the roadway
shall ride within the bicycle lane, except that the person may move
out of the lane under any of the following situations:
(1) When overtaking and passing another vehicle or pedestrian
within the lane or when about to enter the lane if the overtaking and
passing cannot be done safely within the lane.
(2) When preparing for a left turn, the operator shall stop and
dismount as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or right edge
of the roadway and complete the turn by crossing the roadway on
foot, subject to the restrictions placed on pedestrians in Chapter 5
(commencing with Section 21950).
(3) When reasonably necessary to leave the bicycle lane to avoid
debris or other hazardous conditions.
(4) When approaching a place where a right turn is authorized.
(b) No person operating a motorized scooter shall leave a bicycle
lane until the movement can be made with reasonable safety and then
only after giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in
Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 22100) in the event that any
vehicle may be affected by the movement.